1858 Collection

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SS Great Eastern, Isambard Kingdom Brunels great steam ship, launched from John Scott Russells yard on the Thames in 1858. Chromolithograph published London at about the time of her launch

The Laying Of The Cable: John And Jonathan Joining Hands, 1858

George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) English astronomer and geophysicist. Astronomer Royal (1835-1881). Woodcut published 1858

Macbeth visiting the Three Witches on the blasted heath. Title page by Sir John Gilbert for " Macbeth" in an edition of Shakespeares works London 1858. Wood engraving

Macbeth and Banquo encountering the Three Witches and hearing their prophetic greeting. Illustration by Sir John Gilbert for an edition of Shakespeares works, London 1858. Wood engraving

Cherbourg From The Sea, 1858

Cherbourg Roads: Mooring-ground For Men Of-war, 1858

Relative Dimensions Of Saturn, 1858. January 30, 1858 (left). October 15, 1858 (right)

The Hon. Artillery Company Of London Practising With The Rifle, Seaford, East Sussex, UK, 1858

Silent Highway - Man
The " Silent Highway" - Man : Your Money or your Life. More an open sewer than a river, the disgusting state of the Thames in London. Cartoon from " Punch", London, 1858

Research against Bilharzia
Progress in the fight against Bilharzia (shicstosoma) a parasitic trematode which spends one period of its lifecycle in water - snails and another in man

Portrait of Emperor Yohannes IV, 1858

Beware the Ides of March: Soothsayer warning Julius Caesar of the Ides of March - the day on which he was assassinated

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